Organisational Development

Description:
A current concern and priority for managers and senior practitioners in civil society organisations is how to develop the capacity of their organisations and of their partner organisations. This course is designed for those with some experience of organisational capacity building and who wish to explore organisational development as a planned learning process aimed at improving organisational performance and self-awareness. The course will enable you to design and facilitate organisational change processes.

Objectives:
• Examine your role as a change agent
• Review your understanding of organisational development as a systematic approach to change
• Consider the links between organisational development and capacity building
• Assess the range of possible organisational development processes: their advantages and disadvantages and how to design the most appropriate process
• Explore the use of organisational development in CSO partnerships
• Learn how to use organisational assessment as a specific organisational development process
• Look at the particular challenges of monitoring and evaluating organisational development work.